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Serving 9-5: Diaries from Prison Guards

Serving 9-5: Diaries from Prison Guards

Audio diaries from officers who work behind bars at North Carolina's Polk Youth Institution.

Radio Diaries · Radio Diaries

October 22, 201524m 3s

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Show Notes

Polk Youth Institution in Butner, North Carolina is a prison for young men between the ages of 19-25. For our series Prison Diaries, I gave tape recorders to a handful of inmates at Polk to tell the story of life behind bars. After visiting the prison for a few months, I realized I had been overlooking the stories of the guards. Pretty much every guard I talked to said they serve time too – in eight hour shifts. In this episode of the Radio Diaries Podcast, listen to the audio diaries of prison guards.

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